Raycast Schedule Social Media — Post from Your Mac Launcher | Nimply

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Raycast exists because opening an app is often too much ceremony for a ten-second task. Checking what's scheduled to publish this week is exactly that kind of task — and yet it normally means a browser, a login, and a dashboard, by which point you've lost the thread of whatever you were doing.

Adding Nimply as an MCP server in Raycast collapses all of that into a mention. Type @nimply in a Raycast AI chat and the assistant gets tools for your real workspace: what's queued, which channels are connected, plus drafting and scheduling to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, and Threads. The idea you had mid-task becomes a scheduled post before the momentum fades.

What is Raycast?

Raycast is a launcher for macOS — a command bar summoned with a hotkey that has grown into a full productivity layer, with Raycast AI providing a chat assistant on top. That assistant supports MCP servers: register one and its tools can be pulled into any conversation by mentioning the server, which suits Raycast's whole ethos of doing things in seconds rather than sessions.

Nimply's MCP server is hosted, so Raycast connects to https://mcp.nimply.io/mcp directly as an HTTP server with an API key — no background process on your Mac in the standard setup. The key is created under Settings → Developers in your Nimply workspace, applies only to that workspace, and can be revoked in one click if you ever want to disconnect.

What Raycast can do with Nimply connected

Capture post ideas at the speed you have them

Ideas for posts arrive while you're doing something else. Hotkey, "@nimply schedule a post: 'We're hiring!' on LinkedIn, next free slot", enter — the idea is in the queue and you're back to work in under ten seconds.

Glance at your week without a dashboard

"@nimply what's scheduled for this week?" answers the question in place. For quick status checks — is anything going out today, did that draft get scheduled — a launcher beats a login every time.

Make small edits the moment you think of them

Noticed a typo in tomorrow's post, or want to push it back a day? Ask through @nimply and the change lands in your queue immediately, instead of joining a mental to-do list for the next time you open the app.

Keep publishing controls exactly as tight as you want

Speed doesn't have to mean posts going live from a chat box. Instruct the assistant to create drafts, or rely on Nimply's approval workflow so quick captures still pass a human review before publishing.

Connect Raycast to Nimply

MCP servers in Raycast require Raycast Pro with AI. You also need a Nimply workspace with a connected channel and an API key from Settings → Developers.

1
Create a Nimply API key
In Nimply, go to Settings → Developers and create an API key. It starts with nim_live_, is tied to a single workspace, and can be revoked whenever you want.
2
Add the server in Raycast
Run Manage MCP Servers → Add Server in Raycast. Add Nimply as an HTTP server with the URL https://mcp.nimply.io/mcp and the header Authorization: Bearer nim_live_YOUR_KEY.

Older Raycast version? Use the bridge

If your Raycast version only accepts command-based servers, connect through mcp-remote instead:

MCP server config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nimply": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y", "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.nimply.io/mcp",
        "--header", "Authorization: Bearer nim_live_YOUR_KEY"
      ]
    }
  }
}

4
Mention @nimply in Raycast AI
Open a Raycast AI chat and mention @nimply to bring its tools into the conversation. Start with: "@nimply what's scheduled for this week?"

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a paid Raycast plan for this?

Yes — MCP servers are part of Raycast AI, which requires Raycast Pro with AI. Nimply itself connects with a standard workspace API key from Settings → Developers.

The server is not responding through the bridge — what is wrong?

The mcp-remote bridge runs on Node and needs Node 18 or newer available on your PATH. If Raycast launched before Node was installed or updated, restart it so the environment is picked up.

Raycast says the tool was denied — why?

That means the API key's permissions do not cover the action the assistant attempted. Create a key with broader scopes in Settings → Developers, or keep the narrow key deliberately if you want Raycast limited to, say, read-only queue checks.

Which platforms can I post to from Raycast?

Every channel connected to your Nimply workspace: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Pinterest, and Threads. Posts scheduled from Raycast land in the same queue as posts created anywhere else.

Can a quick chat message accidentally publish something?

Only if the key allows publishing and you asked for it. For a safety margin, tell the assistant to save drafts by default, or use Nimply's approval workflow so anything captured at speed still waits for review — and remember you can revoke the key instantly.